part III of federermagic's special tribute to marat safin: a classic five-set encounter between marat safin and andre agassi in the semis of the 2004 oz open
if safin had a giant disfiguring mole in the middle of his face, i'm certain he wouldve won many many grand slams. how can the man compete on court after having to satisfy hordes of women night after night???
@MaratSafinVideos For sure. He was to play Schuettler (the finalist that year!), but withdrew before the 3rd round. By my reckoning he could have had 3-4 grand slams before he won in 2005. It's hard to speculate and I can say this about other players from different eras as well, but considering how talented and capable Marat was, I don't think it would be a stretch to have seen him with 7-8 slams when he retired last year. End of 2003-2005, he was really focused and in shape! F'ing knee!
@davd1986 I don't know about dominated, but not far off, I'm pretty much 100% certain Safin would have reached the final in 2003 and I wouldn't have been surprised to have seen him win. 2003 was the year where he could have found his best tennis, too bad for the wrist.
The AO surface was almost tailor made for baseliners like Agassi and Safin. Agassi did all he could to win there after not showing up at all in the first part of his career, Safin just didn't play there enough because of injury and an early retirement. I firmly believe that he could have dominated the hardcourts of Australia and to some extent the US open as Federer has done with W and Nadal with FO.
@Anaconda43VR I've been through that forum and I didn't see one person who seemed unlike a sheep. Yes, it's definitely not a discussion board, it's a who's the goat board, who is better board blah blah blah. I'm involved in tennis out with being a fan of the professional game and I'd enjoy being able to discuss and analyse technical sort of things but we both know these things never get discussed.
@mmeyer1 Baseline hitting does not get any cleaner, flatter or more powerful than that. Would have been great to have seen that live.
SoooBlue 6 months ago
if safin had a giant disfiguring mole in the middle of his face, i'm certain he wouldve won many many grand slams. how can the man compete on court after having to satisfy hordes of women night after night???
minhinmonterey 10 months ago
Missile Launch: 3, 2, 1, FIRE! Ace - GAME SAFIN. =D
ASPERGER0584 11 months ago
"safin got KILL SHOTS!!!"
takistakis1714 1 year ago
6:16-6:26 some of the hardest backhands ever struck
mmeyer1 1 year ago
@MaratSafinVideos For sure. He was to play Schuettler (the finalist that year!), but withdrew before the 3rd round. By my reckoning he could have had 3-4 grand slams before he won in 2005. It's hard to speculate and I can say this about other players from different eras as well, but considering how talented and capable Marat was, I don't think it would be a stretch to have seen him with 7-8 slams when he retired last year. End of 2003-2005, he was really focused and in shape! F'ing knee!
davd1986 1 year ago
@davd1986 I don't know about dominated, but not far off, I'm pretty much 100% certain Safin would have reached the final in 2003 and I wouldn't have been surprised to have seen him win. 2003 was the year where he could have found his best tennis, too bad for the wrist.
MaratSafinVideos 1 year ago
@MaratSafinVideos LOL. Basically, you nailed it on the head. Occassionaly, you do get a good thread, and the former pro player section is nice etc.
Anaconda43VR 1 year ago
The AO surface was almost tailor made for baseliners like Agassi and Safin. Agassi did all he could to win there after not showing up at all in the first part of his career, Safin just didn't play there enough because of injury and an early retirement. I firmly believe that he could have dominated the hardcourts of Australia and to some extent the US open as Federer has done with W and Nadal with FO.
davd1986 1 year ago
@Anaconda43VR I've been through that forum and I didn't see one person who seemed unlike a sheep. Yes, it's definitely not a discussion board, it's a who's the goat board, who is better board blah blah blah. I'm involved in tennis out with being a fan of the professional game and I'd enjoy being able to discuss and analyse technical sort of things but we both know these things never get discussed.
MaratSafinVideos 1 year ago